diff --git a/init/systemd-swanctl/strongswan-swanctl.service.in b/init/systemd-swanctl/strongswan-swanctl.service.in
index 944101faf..1b865af47 100644
--- a/init/systemd-swanctl/strongswan-swanctl.service.in
+++ b/init/systemd-swanctl/strongswan-swanctl.service.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=strongSwan IPsec IKEv1/IKEv2 daemon using swanctl
-After=network.target
+After=network-online.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=notify
diff --git a/init/systemd/strongswan.service.in b/init/systemd/strongswan.service.in
index 49c1cd0bf..0bb9d5456 100644
--- a/init/systemd/strongswan.service.in
+++ b/init/systemd/strongswan.service.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=strongSwan IPsec IKEv1/IKEv2 daemon using ipsec.conf
-After=syslog.target network.target
+After=syslog.target network-online.target
 
 [Service]
 ExecStart=@SBINDIR@/@IPSEC_SCRIPT@ start --nofork